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MLAB (Mesa Laboratories) PB Ratio : 4.28 (As of Dec. 16, 2024)


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What is Mesa Laboratories PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-12-16), Mesa Laboratories's share price is $127.57. Mesa Laboratories's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $29.79. Hence, Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio of today is 4.28.

The historical rank and industry rank for Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MLAB' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18   Med: 4.25   Max: 8.95
Current: 4.28

During the past 13 years, Mesa Laboratories's highest PB Ratio was 8.95. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 4.25.

MLAB's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
80.34% of 2380 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.995 vs MLAB: 4.28

During the past 12 months, Mesa Laboratories's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -58.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -30.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Mesa Laboratories was 44.60% per year. The lowest was -30.10% per year. And the median was 14.75% per year.

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Mesa Laboratories PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Mesa Laboratories PB Ratio Chart

Mesa Laboratories Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.51 3.08 3.41 2.38 4.07

Mesa Laboratories Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.46 1.40 4.07 3.11 4.36

Competitive Comparison of Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio falls into.



Mesa Laboratories PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Mesa Laboratories's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=127.57/29.789
=4.28

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Mesa Laboratories  (NAS:MLAB) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Mesa Laboratories Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
12100 West Sixth Avenue, Lakewood, CO, USA, 80228
Mesa Laboratories Inc manufactures life sciences tools and critical quality control products. It operates in 4 divisions: Sterilization and Disinfection Control, which manufactures and sells biological, chemical, and cleaning indicators used to assess the effectiveness of sterilization, decontamination, disinfection, and cleaning processes. Clinical Genomics division develops, manufactures, and sells highly sensitive, low-cost, high-throughput genetic analysis tools and related consumables. The Biopharmaceutical Development division develops, manufactures, and sells automated systems for protein analysis (immunoassays) and peptide synthesis solutions. The Calibration Solutions division develops, manufactures, sells, and services quality control products.
Executives
Gary M Owens officer: COO 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Brian David Archbold officer: SVP of Continuous Improvement 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
John Bradley Schmieder director C/O MESA LABORATORIES, INC., 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
John V Sakys officer: VP Finance, CFO MESA LABORATORIES, INC., 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Shannon Hall director 1000 ALFRED NOBEL DRIVE, HERCULES CA 94547
Evan Guillemin director 380 LAFAYETTE STREET, SIXTH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10003
R Tony Tripeny director ONE RIVERFRONT PLAZA, CORNING NY 14831
Gregory Dinoia officer: SVP Commercial Operations 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Mesa Laboratories Inc /co/ director 12100 W 6TH AVE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
John James Sullivan officer: VP Sales & Marketing 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
David M Kelly director
Shiraz Shabanali Ladiwala director C/O THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., 168 THIRD AVENUE, WALTHAM MA 02451
Robert V Dwyer director 12100 W 6TH AVE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
Jennifer Sadie Alltoft director 12100 W. 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228
David Brian Perez director 12100 6TH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD CO 80228